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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ACA · Greencastle, IN · March 17, 1986

Date
March 17, 1986 · 17:15 local
Place
Greencastle, IN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9139L
Reported as
Bbavia 7ACA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
90 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Oil spray on windscreen en route. Landed in a field. Pilot failed to secure oil filler plug after adding oil.

As the FAA filed it

OIL SPRAY ON WINDSCREEN EN ROUTE. LANDED IN A FIELD. PILOT FAILED TO SECURE OIL FILLER PLUG AFTER ADDING OIL.